Table 1
Age and sex differences for physical fitness measures, household population aged 6 to 19 years, Canada, 2016 to 2017

Table 1
Age and sex differences for physical fitness measures, household population aged 6 to 19 years, Canada, 2016 to 2017.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age and sex differences for physical fitness measures. The information is grouped by Fitness measures and sex (appearing as row headers), 6 to 10 years, 11 to 14 years, 15 to 19 years, (8 to 10 years for cardiorespiratory fitness), Mean and 95% confidence interval, calculated using ml/kg/min, kg per kg body weight, cm, m, kW, W per kg body weight, kg/m2 and z-score units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Physical fitness measures and sex	6 to 10 years			11 to 14 years			15 to 19 years
	(8 to 10 years for cardiorespiratory fitness)			11 to 14 years			15 to 19 years
	Mean	95% confidence interval		Mean	95% confidence interval		Mean	95% confidence interval
	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to
Cardiorespiratory fitness
	ml/kg/min
Boys	51.0	49.9	52.1	49.8^{Table 1 Note †}	49.0	50.6	50.1	48.1	52.0
Girls	50.0	48.9	51.2	47.9^Note *^{Table 1 Note †}	46.9	48.9	42.0^Note **^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	41.2	42.7
Grip strength
	kg per kg body weight
Boys	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9^{Table 1 Note †}	0.9	1.0	1.2^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	1.1	1.2
Girls	0.8^Note *	0.8	0.8	0.9^Note *^{Table 1 Note †}	0.8	0.9	0.8^Note **^{Table 1 Note †}	0.8	0.9
Flexibility: sit-and-reach
	cm
Boys	26.1	24.6	27.7	21.5^{Table 1 Note †}	19.3	23.7	24.4^{Table 1 Note †}	22.4	26.4
Girls	30.7^Note **	29.7	31.8	30.8^Note **	28.8	32.7	31.8^Note **	30.0	33.6
Predicted vertical jumping height
	m
Boys	0.28	0.27	0.29	0.39^{Table 1 Note †}	0.35	0.43	0.49^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	0.46	0.51
Girls	0.28	0.27	0.28	0.35^Note *^{Table 1 Note †}	0.34	0.36	0.36^Note **^{Table 1 Note †}	0.34	0.37
Peak power
	kW
Boys	1.02	0.95	1.08	2.21^{Table 1 Note †}	2.03	2.39	3.76^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	3.58	3.94
Girls	1.00	0.93	1.08	1.98^Note *^{Table 1 Note †}	1.86	2.09	2.41^Note **^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	2.34	2.47
Relative peak power
	W per kg body weight
Boys	33.5	32.2	34.8	42.3^{Table 1 Note †}	39.7	44.8	51.7^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	50.0	53.3
Girls	33.5	32.8	34.3	39.2^Note *^{Table 1 Note †}	38.0	40.4	38.9^Note **^{Table 1 Note †}	37.7	40.1
Body mass index
	kg/m²
Boys	17.0	16.4	17.6	20.5^{Table 1 Note †}	20.0	21.0	23.3^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	22.4	24.2
Girls	17.1	16.6	17.5	20.6^{Table 1 Note †}	19.9	21.4	23.4^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	22.5	24.3
Body mass index z-score
	z-score
Boys	0.33	0.04	0.61	0.67	0.51	0.83	0.39	0.11	0.68
Girls	0.32	0.13	0.51	0.42	0.19	0.66	0.43	0.18	0.67
Waist circumference
	cm
Boys	58.8	57.3	60.4	71.9^{Table 1 Note †}	70.8	72.9	80.3^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	78.2	82.3
Girls	58.8	57.3	60.3	70.8^{Table 1 Note †}	69.5	72.1	77.4^Note *^{Table 1 Note †}^{Table 1 Note ‡}	75.0	79.9
Note * significantly different to estimate for boys (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different to estimate for boys (p < 0.001) Return to note referrer Note † significantly different to estimate for 6 to 10 year olds (p < 0.05) Return to note † referrer Note ‡ significantly differnet to estimate for 11 to 14 year olds (p < 0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Note: cardiorespiratory fitness not measured in 6 and 7 year olds Source: Canadian Health Measures Survey: 2016 to 2017

Date modified:: 2019-10-16

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Age and sex differences for physical fitness measures, household population aged 6 to 19 years, Canada, 2016 to 2017

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